Did you RTFA? Weight had nothing to do with this. He swapped barcodes.

I'd say he should be mortified at being compared to Baldrick, but I suspect the comparison is lost on this one.

Actually, weight has everything to do with it. The self checkouts have pre-assigned weights for every UPC in the system, The key to fooling the self checkout is to replace the UPC of an expensive item with the UPC of an inexpensive item that weighs about the same. When the weights are different, it calls for a cashier intervention.

Some where in my house in a drawer or box is a receipt from Walmart for the purchase of a CD by the group Crystal Method. The receipt, however, shows that in 1997, I bought crystal meth for 9.99 from Walmart.

I wouldn't even want a television that retails for $228, let alone risk jail for trying to steal one. BTW, studies show self checkouts have over 300% higher theft per dollar spent than regular checkouts, because cashiers just authorize the red flags without looking most of the time.

Did you RTFA? Weight had nothing to do with this. He swapped barcodes.

I'd say he should be mortified at being compared to Baldrick, but I suspect the comparison is lost on this one.

Actually, weight has everything to do with it. The self checkouts have pre-assigned weights for every UPC in the system, The key to fooling the self checkout is to replace the UPC of an expensive item with the UPC of an inexpensive item that weighs about the same. When the weights are different, it calls for a cashier intervention.

While it's unlikely that weight was a factor here because there's no way a TV fits on the tiny bagging stands, the weight in the database does affect self-checkout in most places when an item is placed in the bagging area.

CheddarPants:Actually, weight has everything to do with it. The self checkouts have pre-assigned weights for every UPC in the system, The key to fooling the self checkout is to replace the UPC of an expensive item with the UPC of an inexpensive item that weighs about the same. When the weights are different, it calls for a cashier intervention.

Or just don't put it on the scaled bagging area and hit the "Skip Bagging" button when it pops up...

I used to work for a Best Buy type store here and had someone try that with a coffee machine. Peeled the sticker off a cheap model and stuck it on the top of the range model from the same make and then try to buy it. Buy because I had a reasonable idea of what those models cost I spotted it.I've often thought this idea, printing your own barcode sticker, would work in places like hardware stores with lots of really weird stuff that a cashier would not know off the top of their head. Or I guess find a clueless teen who doesn't care and just rings it up and takes the money.

Did you RTFA? Weight had nothing to do with this. He swapped barcodes.

I'd say he should be mortified at being compared to Baldrick, but I suspect the comparison is lost on this one.

Actually, weight has everything to do with it. The self checkouts have pre-assigned weights for every UPC in the system, The key to fooling the self checkout is to replace the UPC of an expensive item with the UPC of an inexpensive item that weighs about the same. When the weights are different, it calls for a cashier intervention.

Just do the old "Do I need to take this out of the cart?" They will usually walk around and just scan it. Weight problem solved.